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    The President's Power to Hide Secret Details About the Russia Investigation

    Executive power means Donald Trump can classify or declassify memos that may implicate him.
    by Natasha Bertrand Feb 15, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    President Trump has been receiving classified information about the Russia investigation from the House Intelligence Committee as he reviews and declassifies evidence being used in a probe that could implicate him and his campaign team, raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest.

    In their attempts to either chide or defend the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation, the House panel’s majority and minority members have written two separate memos describing a highly classified application submitted by the FBI to obtain a surveillance warrant targeting early Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. The Republicans’ memo claims the FBI misled the

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